Day 1

• Prepare to enter Ihram, a spiritual state of purity and devotion. This includes washing your body and changing into Ihram clothing, preferably at a miqat station outside the holy city.
• Recite the Talbiyah in the miqat station to declare intention to make the pilgrimage.
• Perform the Welcome Tawaf – enter Al Haram (Holy Mosque) and circle the Holy Kaaba seven times in a counterclockwise direction.
• Perform Sa’ay – walk 7 times between the hills of Safa and Marwah beside the Kaaba. Originally observed outdoors, the rite is now performed in an air-conditioned tunnel.